Reichtum in Niedersachsen und anderen Bundesländern – Ergebnisse aus der Einkommensteuer-Geschäftsstatistik 2003 für Selbständige (Freie Berufe und Unternehmer) und abhängige Beschäftigte
This contribution analyzes top incomes in the German Federal States for 2003 with focus on
Lower-Saxony. Based on the microdata of the German Wage and Income Tax Current
Statistics (Einkommensteuer-Geschäftsstatistik) for the first time richness rates and intensities
of richness are examined for the self-employed as professions and entrepreneurs as well as for
employees.
We found large differences between the German Federal States and occupational groups.
Even if the share of rich persons in the group of self-employed are substantially higher than in
the group of employees the situation of the self-employed varies much between the German
Federal States